Hire a Car in Berlin to drive into Poland - can I cross the border driving it?

Help. I am flying into Berlin and hoping to hire a car at the airport. I am then driving up to the Baltic coast of Poland then spending ten days before driving back to Berlin.....In general terms does anyone know if it is 'allowed' to cross over into Poland with a German hire car? I assummed there would be no issues as it is one EU country to another....thoughts....

I once traveled by train from Berlin to Szczecin, not far from the German border, and we were stopped for the customary passport check. This was in around 1995 or thenabouts, but renting a car and driving ought to be no different in procedure.

After 9/11 though, all bets are off:-)

Incidentally, If you have a Polish-German-English phrasebook handy, it might help (more on the Polish than the German end, however)!

It was very much so back then, and more recently too. In theory, EU membership should have changed things, but I'd still strongly suggest the OP checks just to be safe about taking hire cars cross border.

What's wrong with car rental companies? My company is providing AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location) service to customers in Poland, based on GPS / GLONASS. There are many rent-a-car companies among them. Most of them allow their cars to cross the bordres, but they charge extra for that.

It's strange - a car rented in Poland cannot drive within the Schengen zone (or in the EU in general)? If so, the borders are not really open (unless the issue is car theft from Poland to the East). If anything, the easiest solution would be to leave the car in Germany, take a taxi to the nearest town/city to Poland and hire a car there.

Usually you can drive it in the schengen zone for an extra fee (usually 50 zloty paid on time no matter the duration of the rent ), there is even a local renting company in Poznan which allows border crossing without charging extra